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A. WILLIAMS.

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APPLICATION FILED FEB. s, 1909.

9%,870. Patented Feb.22, 1910.

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ALPHONSO WILLIAMS, OF QUINCY, MASSACHUSETTS.

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To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALPHoNso \VILLIAMS, citizen of the United States, residing at Quincy, in the county of Norfolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Caps, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to caps, and especially to the vizors thereof.

The vizors of caps are commonly made separate from the body thereof and are sewed on, and this construction has the objection that the vizors are easily ripped off, and lack desirable rigidity with the body of the cap.

The object of the present invention is to form an improved cap, characterized particularly by the fact that the vizor is made in one piece with the body of the cap, whereby it is more permanently attached thereto, and there is little or no danger of ripping, and a stiffer and more durable construction is produced. This object is effected by the means and in the manner hereinafter described.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which Figure 1 is a side View of the cap constructed according to the invention; Fig. 2 is a front view; Fig. 8 is a section on the line 33 of Fig. 2.

The body of the cap is made of one or more layers of heavy gossamer indicated at 6, stiifened by sizing in a known manner, and provided with lining of hatters muslin indicated at 7. The gossamer is cut with an extension 8 at the front which forms part of the vizor, and the blank is blocked on a form and sized to give it the necessary shape and rigidity, the coarse mesh of the gossamer allowing the same to be shaped with the integral vizor piece. The cloth of the vizor is thus in one piece with the body of the hat, which does away with theseam and also Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed February 6, 1909.

Patented Feb. 22, 1910.

Serial No. 476,382.

with the objectionable ridge or thickening ordinarily produced by sewing the vizor to the body. The vizor piece is stiffened on the upper side by another layer of gossamer indicated at 9 which extends around the rim of the cap as indicated at 10, under the band. The vizor is completed by a piece of leather 11 on the upper side, and another piece of thin leather or skiver 12 on the under side, all these parts being glued and pressed together. The outer band 13 laps the upper edge of the outer leather. The sweat band 14 is stitched on in the usual manner. The rim of the vizor is covered by a strip of leather 15 folded over the same and attached thereto by stitches 16 which extend through all the layers of the vizor. The upper piece 11 and the rim piece 15 are preferably of patent leather.

In addition to making a better cap, this construction is less expensive, as it saves the cost of sewing a vizor onto the body of the cap, no stitching being necessary except at the rim of the vizor. The body of the cap so made may be covered with ornamental cloth if desired or otherwise ornamented, and the whole produces a. very rigid and durable cap which avoids the chief objection or defect hitherto found in the manufacture of stiff or military caps.

I claim:

A cap comprising a body and a vizor formed in one piece, and a supplemental layer of stiffening material secured upon the upper surface of the vizor and having an upper band extending around the lower portion of the hat body.

In testimony whereof, I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ALPI-IONSO WVILLIAMS.

Witnesses LOUISE C. ARENTZEN, ELMER C. RICHARDSON. 

